Looking to Buy Pure Nootropics? Check Some of The Best Vendors

Nootropics, which also go by the name smart drugs/pills, are simply supplements and medications that have been known and used for decades or even centuries. But it wasn’t until recently that people started coining fancy names and labels for these remedies and popularizing many “smart” claims about their benefits, some with little scientific evidence and some with none!

Let me start this post by listing a handful of the best places where you can buy high-quality and purity-tested nootropics in powder and capsule form. I’ve also added a short review of each vendor with brief comments about their products and service.

This is a diverse collection of both generic and brand supplement suppliers — keep scrolling to discover more!

1. Nootropics Depot

Nootropics Depot is a highly reputable US-based vendor that offers numerous cognitive enhancing drugs and nutritional supplements. You can find almost any nootropic in the book at this place, which is a big advantage since it can save you time and money on shipping.

ND sell high-quality nootropics in powder and capsules (vegetarian, except softgel caps). They perform in-house testing of the products as well as third-party lab testing.

Customer service is fast and commendable, and most of their customers seem to be happy with the service and quality.

3. LiftMode

LiftMode has been a reliable supplier of brain supplements for several years. They do third-party lab testing of their products, and they have a whole slew of positive reviews from satisfied customers.

Recently, I have noticed some complaints about lower-than-before quality of their phenibut and other products, but to give them the benefit of the doubt, it is common for quality to vary from one batch to another and this happens with many other companies.

LiftMode are one of the most popular suppliers of phenibut powder — both HCl and FAA (Free Amino Acid). They do not sell any racetams or -finils at this time, but they have a large selection of numerous nootropic supplements.

4. Health Naturals

Health Naturals is an online supplement store run by Live Oak Nutrition; a well-established local health and nutrition store located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Although they sell a variety of nutritional supplements for different health issues, their online shop is mostly popular for their nootropics.

You can find many racetams, adrafinil, phenibut and other nootropics at Health Naturals in capsule and/or powder form.

5. TruBrain

TruBrain offer a range of pre-made nootropic stacks in the form of capsules, drinks and snack bars. Their formulas contain a combination of natural, herbal and synthetic nootropics, such as piracetam, oxiracetam, noopept, ALCAR, Theanine, and others.

TruBrain products are more convenient for people looking for a ready-made/on the go nootropic stack that they can easily consume during work, study, or playing video games.

One big downside to TruBrain’s stacks is that they are quite expensive. For example, a 30-pack of their drinks (1 month supply) costs $65 — with discounts on subscriptions. If you are looking to save money, you can get the same ingredients from generic powder vendors at a lower price.

Note: If you order the trial pack they will automatically enroll you into a subscription program and keep charging you for a monthly supply until you cancel. You can skip the trial offer and make a one-time purchase if you’d prefer.

6. BrainMD Health

BrainMD Health is a US-based online supplement store that was founded by Dr. Daniel Amen. They sell a wide range of over-the-counter brain supplements including pre-made stacks, single ingredients, as well as food and drink formulas.

This company has distinguished quality control and they do thorough purity testing of their products — you can watch the video on their website (under About > Quality) for a quick view of their manufacturing facility and philosophy.

They offer free trials for US customers only, but beware that unless you cancel within a specified period of time, your free trial will turn into a monthly auto-shipment subscription.

7. Natural Stacks

Natural Stacks make and sell many all-natural nutritional supplements. They take pride in their complete openness about their raw ingredient suppliers and the third-party lab testing of their products.

The company’s flagship product is a mental performance enhancer called CILTEP, in addition to many other brand and generic supplements for mental and physical performance.

Natural Stacks source their ingredients from high-quality suppliers and they have a scientific advisory board that includes a few healthcare professionals. On the downside, their supplements are more expensive than other brands.

Are Nootropics Legal?

When it comes to legality, there are two main categories of nootropics: dietary supplements and synthetic drugs.

Dietary supplements are basically herbal or natural substances, such as bacopa monnieri, ginkgo biloba, alpha GPC, etc. These are perfectly legal, over-the-counter supplements in the US and most other countries.

Synthetic nootropic drugs like adrafinil, phenibut and racetams are a little trickier. In the US and other countries, they are unscheduled and unregulated drugs. That makes them neither illegal nor 100% out-and-out legal treatments — they are just unapproved and uncontrolled drugs. In short, you won’t run into any legal trouble if you buy these substances for personal use because there is no law against that — not yet at least!

In recent years, and as a result of increasing use (including misuse and abuse) of nootropics, many countries have started looking into regulating or even banning some nootropic drugs. For example, in 2018, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) banned phenibut because of increasing concerns of health risks and abuse, even among school students.

There are some concerns among consumers in the US that the recently proposed bill called “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2018 (SITSA)”, if passed, will effectively outlaw many nootropic substances that are currently unscheduled. There is an interesting discussion about this bill on Reddit.

Are Nootropics Safe?

Nootropics can affect and alter the way your body works, especially the central nervous system. That’s why they are used after all. Each nootropic substance has its own effects and side effects that vary in intensity.

The most powerful nootropics are often the ones that most aggressively influence the chemistry of the central nervous system (mainly the brain), and these are more likely to lead to side effects and withdrawal symptoms.

Most widely-used nootropics are generally safe and are not known to cause major side effects or long-term health risks if taken within standard doses. Some of the common side effects associated with the use of various nootropics include headache, dizziness, anxiety, agitation, insomnia, and others.

It is advised that you talk to your doctor before taking any nootropic drug, especially if you have a health condition and/or you are taking other treatments. Certain nootropic drugs and supplements may interact with other medications, and some drug combinations can be dangerous.

You should keep in mind that most nootropics on the market have not been thoroughly studied and lack scientific data on their short and long-term safety and efficacy. One of the best educational resources where you can find research data about drugs and supplements is Examine.com.

Do Nootropics Really Work?

Nootropics have different effects in different people, just like any other drug or supplement out there. Although many nootropics have shown positive results in clinical trials, most of the promoted benefits are based on anecdotal evidence rather than scientific proof.

If you look at the available clinical studies of a certain nootropic, you will notice that most of them involved patients with some sort of a mental disorder or cognitive impairment. There is little to no evidence that nootropics are beneficial to healthy individuals. “Smart drugs” that give you a “mental edge” are more hype-based than science-based.

In general, people take nootropic supplements to support their mental wellbeing and improve their quality of life. They should not be taken to treat any specific health condition, unless advised by your doctor.

There is no guarantee that supplements which worked for others will work for you, because as said earlier, results do vary for each individual. Many consumers like to “experiment” with different supplements until they find the ones that work best for their needs, and eventually build their own optimal stack of nootropics.

Why You Can’t/Shouldn’t Buy Nootropics With PayPal?

Natural and herbal nootropics are widely available at online stores that accept PayPal. However, when it comes to unapproved chemical drugs (phenibut, noopept, racetams, etc.), then you would hardly find any vendor that accepts PayPal payments for these products.

PayPal do not allow merchants to use their services for the sale of such unapproved drugs, and they are particularly strict against those selling racetams. Some vendors used to accept PayPal in the past, but they all got their accounts suspended. Once PayPal find out that a certain business account is being used for the sale of nootropic drugs they will immediately suspended it.

I am not aware of any incidents where PayPal suspended the buyer’s account for using their service to pay for nootropic drugs, but even if you could find a seller that accepts PayPal, I would not risk it. They may not immediately ban your account, but such activity could flag your account for manual review, and if you have a history of buying some legally questionable products then there is a risk of getting your account limited or suspended.

Can Nootropics Be Sourced Locally?

Well, if you are talking about nootropic “supplements”, then these can be easily found at most local health and nutrition stores.

However, if you are interested in nootropic “drugs”, then most of these are either prescription-only (like Adderall), or unapproved/unscheduled (like adrafinil). While the prescription ones can be found at local drug stores, the unscheduled ones are quite hard to source locally.

If you visit your local Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, GNC, or any other drug store you will most likely not find any of the unscheduled nootropic drugs on their shelves. Even Amazon recently started removing many nootropics from their websites.

The reason is rather obvious: you see, drugs like racetams, noopept, phenibut, etc. are not dietary supplements as per FDA regulations. While they are legal to sell and buy without a prescription as long as they are not sold as a “treatment” or “remedy”, which requires FDA approval, big retailers like CVS and GNC opt not to deal with such unapproved drugs. So most consumers source nootropics from small-time online suppliers like the ones listed above.

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